(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backgammons
backgammons
noun
plural of backgammon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlings
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backscattering
backscattering
noun
(physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.
verb
present participle of backscatter
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backspang
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstamping
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstring
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bakings
bakings
noun
plural of baking
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
balkanising
balkanising
verb
present participle of balkanise
bangkoks
bangkoks
noun
plural of bangkok
bangwaketsi
bankings
bankings
noun
plural of banking
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
basking
basking
noun
The act of one who basks.
verb
present participle of bask
beekeepings
bekissing
bekissing
verb
present participle of bekiss
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
bellowsmaking
bengkalis
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
biscuitmaking
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackings
blackings
noun
plural of blacking
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blagoveshchensk
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bookbindings
bookbindings
noun
plural of bookbinding
bookings
bookings
noun
plural of booking
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
bookmakings
bookmakings
noun
plural of bookmaking
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
booksellings
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakings
breakings
noun
plural of breaking
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
brisking
brisking
verb
present participle of brisk
brookings
brookings
Proper noun
A city in South Dakota, USA
A city in Oregon, USA.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckwashing
bumsucking
bushmaking
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
busking
busking
noun
(obsolete) Clothing; dress; ornaments worn.
verb
present participle of busk
cabinetmakings
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
drakensberg
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
finksburg
fishybacking
gadsbodikins
greenbackers
greenbackers
noun
plural of greenbacker
greenbackism
greenbackism
noun
A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
jacksonburg
jenkinsburg
keansburg
keenesburg
keensburg
kiboshing
kiboshing
verb
present participle of kibosh
kickboxings
kingbirds
kingbirds
noun
plural of kingbird
kingbolts
kingbolts
noun
plural of kingbolt
kingsburg
kingsbury
kingsbury
Proper noun
a suburb in the London Borough of England
a village in district, Warwickshire, England
a suburb of Victoria, Australia.
a village municipality in region, Quebec, Canada.
a town in Indiana, USA.
a CDP in Nevada, USA.
a town in New York, USA.
a small city in Texas, USA.
klausenburg
knightsbridge
knigsberg
knowledgableness
knowledgableness
noun
Misspelling of knowledgeableness.
knowledgeableness
knowledgeableness
noun
The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
koenigsberg
kongsbergite
kongsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of silver containing about 5% mercury
konigsberg
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lawbreakings
lawbreakings
noun
plural of lawbreaking
linebackings
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
neighborlikeness
obelisking
pawnbrokings
ringbarks
ringbarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ringbark
sabbathbreaking
sabbathkeeping
safebreaking
safebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a safe.
sanjakbeg
sanjakbeg
noun
(historical) Alternative form of sanjakbey: an official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak.
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
skibobbing
skibobbing
noun
A winter sport involving a bicycle-type frame attached to skis instead of wheels.
skibobbings
skimobiling
skimobiling
noun
The use of a skimobile; snowmobiling.
slingback
slingback
noun
A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
songbook
songbook
noun
A book containing songs.
songbooks
songbooks
noun
plural of songbook
springbok
springbok
noun
A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.
springboks
springboks
noun
plural of springbok
springbrook
springbrook
Proper noun
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada
A city in Iowa
A city in North Dakota
A town in Wisconsin
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
stinkbug
stinkbug
noun
(Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
(entomology) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.
stinkbugs
stinkbugs
noun
plural of stinkbug
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockbroking
stockbroking
noun
The profession of a stockbroker.
stockjobbing
stockjobbing
noun
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
strikebreaking
strikebreaking
adj
Of or pertaining to such activity.
noun
Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers.
verb
present participle of strikebreak
stringybark
stringybark
noun
Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark, or the wood or bark of such trees.
stringybarks
stringybarks
noun
plural of stringybark
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.
strongbark
subking
subking
noun
A monarch of a polity that is in turn part of another kingdom.
subkingdom
subkingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
(uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.